integrading flocks

  1. B

    Trying to integrate 4 new chicks with 3 older chicks, not working well so far

    Our 4 new chicks are 6.5 weeks old and we’ve been slowly trying to integrate them for the past 2 weeks or so with a little structure I’ve built from an old coop we had. We’ve been letting our 3 year old chickens into the outside area where the structure is and they are able to eat near each...
  2. Q

    What Do You Wish You Would've Known When You First Started Raising Chickens?

    Chicken newbie here and I currently have a small flock of 4 hens and 1 rooster. All hens are laying consistently :D I have 6 EEs & 4 Silkies going on 5 weeks. Their brooder is an extra large unused dog house, secured with chicken wire in the opening. They can see the outdoors and the other...
    • QiyeTLyriQue
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    • chicken 5 week chicken treats feed advice first aid kit integrading flocks nesting behavior new addiction tips and tricks tips for raising baby chicks
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    • Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
  3. J

    Introducing Four Seven-Week Old Chicks to Two Adult Hens

    I found some similar posts, but nothing just like this - I apologize if it's a repeat. I have been raising chickens for over a decade and feel pretty good about this plan, but I wanted to get some feedback. We are down to two adult hens in our flock from an original five, largely due to old...
  4. 4

    Advice on moving 12 wk chicks to roost with big girls

    Hi my lovely BYC gurus.. question for the crowd. I have been integrating new chicks into my OG flock (Bigs are 26 weeks, Littles are now 12 weeks). At this point, they are pretty much co-existing. I wouldn't necessarily call them integrating so much as tolerating each other lol. But, I will take...
  5. Apolinne

    Spraying chickens with vinegar to integrate new members

    Hello Friends, So I have a question for the chicken and duck people. My grandma and my mom use this trick to integrate new chickens into the flock. When they buy new chickens they spray the whole coop, the old and the new birds with vinegar water before sleep and then they just put them...
  6. L

    Integrating new duck to solo mallard.

    Hi all! I have a 9 week old mallard that has been raised solo because it’s mate passed early on. We were able to get it a friend and she’s about 8 weeks old. The oldest mallard has been transitioning outside in its coop and run for about 3 days overnight, and has been in the coop and run for...
    • Lin97588
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    • integrading flocks new duck solo duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. M

    How long til the chicks know their new home?

    Hello, I have four 9-week old chicks I’m integrating into a flock of 6 1-year-olds (including 1 rooster). We built a separate compartment for the chicks so that they could be in the run but separated. For the past week, we’ve been putting them out during the day and bringing them in at night...
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